A tour of the main house is the highlight of any visit. Check your tour options on our Tickets and Tours page. Meet Thomas Jefferson as portrayed by veteran historical actor-interpreter Bill Barker in person, most Tuesdays through Saturdays during regularly scheduled programming. Explore exhibitions on the building of Monticello, the operation of the plantation and the legacy of the Declaration of Independence and enjoy our powerful minute introductory film.
Explore Monticello's grounds on your own or take a seasonal, guided Gardens and Grounds Tour which is included with admission. We encourage all of our guests to explore the subject of Slavery at Monticello.
Through our daily guided tours, exhibits, and an app, we strive to present an honest and inclusive look at one of the most difficult topics in American history. Explore the exhibits under and around the main house, which focus on a variety of topics from cooking to travel to the legacy of slavery.
You start out in a seated small group, then tour the 1st floor of the home and end exploring Mulbury Row through the eyes of the Hemings Family. Tour guests are encouraged to ask questions and share their own experiences and thoughts. This tour gives you a more in-depth look into slavery at that time than the general slavery tour will give you. If you would like a more in-depth look at Monticello and the people that lived there you would enjoy this expanded tour.
Here guest gets to explore the 2nd and 3rd floor of the home to see more architecture including the iconic Dome. With the extra time, you will also find out more about the life of Thomas Jefferson and his family dynamic. This tour is not handicapped accessible and you must be able to climb steep stairs. You do not need to sign up for a time to attend these tours. Just look at the schedule for the day and show up to the ones you want to attend. They are included in your ticket price.
This tour is held on Mulberry Row where the slaves worked and lived. We found our kids really stayed engaged on this tour especially when learning about how slave children lived during this time. You also walk a lot so it keeps the younger kids going and interested.
Thomas Jefferson had a life long interest in gardening, botany, and agriculture. On this minute walking tour, you will explore his immaculate flower gardens, vegetable gardens, and grounds of the plantation.
The docent will identify different plant species and teach you why they were so important on the Monticello Plantation. This area is a self-guided tour. You will find it in the South Wing Exhibits and all-weather passage beneath the house on the Monticello Plantation. Visitors can see a kitchen from , smokehouse, slave quarters, cooks room and dairy.
You can peak into each of these rooms and read the descriptions to understand what your viewing. What we really liked was the display on the life of Sally Hemmings. Do you have to have a ticket to even enter the parking lot? Can you walk around the grounds and gardens without a ticket? Once you are up there you can walk around the grounds as you like but a line is formed to tour the home.
I can't recall if you need the ticket bought at the bottom to get on the tram or to get inside the house. Maybe they'll let you hike up?? There were trails through the woods around the home.
But I guess if you are in a hurry a hike isn't really what you are looking for. I'm sorry my memory isn't as good as it use to be. That would make sense tho, since he built it on a mountaintop. Maybe I can just stop on the side of the road and take a picture. We used to live in Charlottesville. Unfortunately, you can't drive by and take a photo because the house isn't visible from the road. As the other poster said, you park and walk or ride up to the house and gardens. So sorry you'll miss it -- it is a beautiful place.
There is a lovely stone bridge new construction on the road forgot the Rt. There's also Michie Tavern along the same road before or after Monticello?
I've driven I that way quite a bit, and I'm not aware of any spot on that highway where you can see it. It is quite a bit higher than the highway and surrounded by trees.
And at that distance, you might not see much anyway. Levy was a Jewish-American who deeply admired Jefferson for his commitment to freedom of religion as one of our fundamental rights. He owned Monticello for 90 years. Jefferson wrote a copious number of letters, and thanks to an amazing invention of the time called the polygraph of which he had 3 , posterity is fortunate to possess a collection of over 19, letters he wrote.
More trivia you may already know: John Adams died the same day. Lastly, the hall contains a bust of Hamilton. The estate is lovely from the outside as well.
Thomas Jefferson was a self-styled architect. His study of classical architecture comes to life in his house. The estate was designed, built and remodeled over quite the span of years. Different rooms feature different periods of classical architecture. You can get a better understanding of each of these in the museum at the visitor center area, which you should visit before you tour the home. Jefferson was also a naturalist, historian, writer and lawyer, among other professions. The collection of Native American artifacts displayed in the house is impressive, and it is little wonder that he was the president who finalized the Louisiana purchase and commissioned the Lewis and Clark expedition.
His bed is sandwiched in a nook between what is a bedroom and a study. I would have taken photos, but the nonprofit organization that runs the home requests that no photography be taken.
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